MECCA: THE FLOOR THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS

2013 | DOCUMENTARY SHORT  |  EDITOR

ESPN “30 for 30” SHORTS

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
CHRIS JAMES THOMPSON
PRODUCERS
JACK TURNER, ANDY GORZALSKI, ANDREW BILLMANN
ERIN LEYDEN, LIBBY GEIST, DEIRDRE FENTON
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
BILL SIMMONS, JOHN DAHL, JAY PETERSON,
CONNOR SCHELL, TODD LUBIN
SENIOR PRODUCER
DANIEL SILVER
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
MIKE PLANTE, JENNA ANTHONY, BRIAN D’OSTILIO
STORY SUPERVISOR
BARRY POLTERMANN

"The story of how a pop art genius turned an NBA floor into a masterpiece."

- GRANTLAND

The rust-belt city of Milwaukee, WI, used public funds to commission an eccentric, openly-gay artist Robert Indiana to paint the Bucks basketball floor in the 1970’s. But after the Bucks moved across the street to the newly constructed Bradley Center, the MECCA Arena floor was left in storage and all but forgotten by the general public.